NAB establishes Fraud & Anti Corruption Hotline
Staff Report

Islamabad—The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the eve of International Anti-Corruption Day has established a 'Fraud and Anti Corruption Hotline at HQ NAB Islamabad and its regional offices situated in Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta and Karachi.
The establishment of the Hotline 111-NAB-NAB or 111-622-622 is aimed at facilitating direct contact by general public to lodge complaints of corruption and corrupt practices. The hotline will be operational from 9th December 2007. NAB complaint officers will receive complaints from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. during all working days from Monday to Friday.
NAB has assured the complainants that their identity will be kept confidential. An IT based complaint management system is also being put into operation. Complainants have been advised to use area code relating to city where the concerned NAB office is located e.g if a corruption case from Faisalabad is to be reported then the complainant will dial 042 before the UAN Number as NAB Punjab located at Lahore will be dealing with the case.
The complainants can report corruption of public office holders who have misused office for personal gains. A handsome amount (up to Rs. One million) will be given to the informers if prosecutable evidence of corruption is provided against NAB officials. Some other important areas of reporting include corruption in award of government contracts, heating public at large, fake housing societies, fraudulent forex companies, fraudulent business and loan ventures, stealing and misuse of public property, demanding of bribe, kickbacks, etc. NAB also cautions public to refrain from lodging fake and frivolous complaints, which are punishable offence, under the National Accountability Ordinance.